- New Lamborghini featured at swanky Beverly Hills gala
http://t.co/DMOjzVZ92011/12/01 13:52 by HootSuite - Honda's natural gas Civic named Green Car of the Year
http://t.co/NNCNiTsf2011/11/30 13:55 by HootSuite - Amazing ICON redesign of the classic Ford Bronco.
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Archive for the ‘Car News’ Category
Audi, as part of an ad campaign for the 2012 Audi A6, has created a driver frustration index that uses everything from Twitter updates about traffic to the current temperature to spit out a score (lowest means the least frustration) for your morning or afternoon commute. Based on today’s scores, I hope you live in Portland, Seattle, Tampa Bay, or Orlando. Because if you live in Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, or New York, you’re probably really frustrated right now.
You can find the index on the website Roadintel.com.
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Photo via 911memorial.org
This weekend, we’ll be remembering the 10th anniversary of 9/11 and the 2,977 people who were lost that day. And sending out hopes for peace on this day and those to follow.
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2012 Volkswagon Passat
Volkswagon has backed its belief that they can overtake the Camry in the race for the top selling car in America with at least $1 billion poured into a Tennessee factory that produces the all new Passat.
2012 Toyota Camry
For years Camry has held the spot at the top, but with a low starting price, a 43 m.p.g. highway rating and more interior room, Volkswagon has placed themselves in serious contention.
Do you think they can do it?
Information via WSJ.com.
Starting at $91,375, the brand new BMW 650i Convertible is the new version of the 70′s and 80′s classic that made so many appearances in movies. It includes a Connected Drive package that “combines automatic high-beam headlights, a lane departure warning that vibrates the steering wheel when you’re about to mow down a row of mailboxes (we did not test this system), blind spot detection and a heads-up display that projects speed, lane departure festivities and GPS notes on the windshield like a hologram.”
Come. To. Mama. For more information, you can read the full review on Yahoo! Autos.
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via autos.yahoo.com
More trivia for you. How much damage did the driver of this Bentley Azure cause when she clipped a Mercedes Benz S-Class, a Ferrari F430 and an Aston Martin Rapide before ending her bumper spree on a Porsche 911?
a. 200,000
b. 400,000
c. 1,000,000
The answer? C! Although its clearly an estimate (we haven’t seen the repair bills!), we thought it was worth passing along because of the cringe worthy details. You can read more at Yahoo Auto.
Ah, Lifestyles of the Oh So Rich and Famous.
Just fantastic, don’t you think? You can read more about the 75th Anniversary Celebration here.
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Images via BMW
It’s amazing to me how much has changed at Ford in the last ten years. They went from being a company known for outdated design and technology, to one of the world leaders in both. Fresh on the heels of the announcement that Ford will work with Google to create a system that will help us drive better is the news that Ford has created a system that helps you monitor your heart, preventing accidents in case of heart attacks. “The technology could work with advanced saftey systems to make the car brake or keep it within the lane. Connected to a system like the Ford SYNC, it could use the driver’s mobile phone to send a message to medical centers or inform an emergency response team.” [Source]
For more information, click here.
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Florida is known for many things: beaches, sunshine, citizens who routinely drive barefoot with no shirt. But the Plant City Classic Car Show is pretty fantastic too.
This 1972 Corvette Stingray defines a muscle car.
My grandmother moved to Tampa with her family at the age of 9. She’s got great stories of riding down the highway crammed in the backseat on top of the luggage of a car just like this.
The Strawberry Classic Car Show is held the third Saturday of every month in Plant City, Florida. You can view all of the images in the set by clicking here.
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We’re still not completely sold on electric cars as an eco-friendly alternative, mostly because of questions over how the batteries are created, but this commercial creatively links the Renault line of electric cars to how so many appliances and machines use electricity today.
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The New UPS Plastic Prototype via blog.ups.com
We saw these new UPS vehicles on the Good Magazine blog today and had to research more. UPS is a pretty innovative company, constantly searching for ways to lower gas costs. In 2007 they created new routes based on making right turns, which lowered overall mileage by 28,541,472 million miles and saved millions of gallons of diesel fuel. They’ve gone even further by developing new prototypes rumored to save 40% more fuel.
UPS embarks on an epic search today; “The Search for MPG.” UPS is the proving ground for five new vehicles by Utilimaster and Isuzu. These are not alternative fuel vehicles. They are diesel vehicles, but have smaller, 4-cylinder engines and lightweight composite materials to increase their fuel efficiency.
UPS will test them through December 2011 on the harshest routes in our U.S. network. Will these lightweight vehicles survive the rigors of deserts, mountains, back roads, snow and the constant weight of the UPS packages delivered every day? Will they endure while saving 40 percent more fuel at the same time?
Although we have 1,900 alternative fuel vehicles, none of our package car-sized AFVs are suitable for high-mile routes. Their fuel systems aren’t efficient at long ranges. Maybe the venerable diesel engine can be re-engineered to sip less fuel and lose a little weight. The composite material makes exterior parts replacement modular and could eliminate paint entirely!
I like this approach. You don’t abandon an old favorite if there’s still a ton of room to improve and make it even better. In UPS’s case, diesel is still the only capable option for many routes, so we’re working to make it ultra-efficient. [Source]
The notorious marketing campaign, “What can brown do for you?” is now “How can Brown save money and the earth?” And it is proof that each company can do its part to save the earth while reducing costs and increasing efficiency.
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